Improvement in gloves



UNITED STATES PATENT @EEroE JOHN Il. WHITTEN, OF ESSEX, VERMONT.

IMPROVEMENT IN GLOVES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 103,696, dated May 31,1870.

To all whom 'it may concern.:

Be it known that I, J oHN L. WRITTEN, of Essex, in the county ofChittenden and State of Vermont, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Gloves; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable othersskilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of gloves thebacks of' which are made of woven stuif and the fronts of leather, theleather also covering the sides, an d partially covering the backs ofthefingers; and it consists in arranging the leather, which partiallycovers the backs and covers the sides of the fingers, so as to tip theiingers at the ends with leather, extending` over the back of the fingerin a manner to better protect the Woven stuff of the back, and to avoidthe converging of the seams by which the leather backs or sides and thewoven-stuff' backs are joined at the tip of the fingers, which aregreatly exposed to wear and soon rip and fray out, spoiling the glove,while the'other parts are good.

It also consists in cutting the leather side and back for the first 1inger, together with the leather front for the same, in one piece.

It also consists in cutting the band for the wrist, together with thewoven-stud' part for the back, in a peculiar shape, whereby an economyof material results, and also in animproved pattern for the same.

Figure l is a diagram of the pattern for the woven-stuff back and wrist.Fig. 2 is a diagram of the pattern for the leather front. Fig. 3 is adiagram of the pattern for the thumb.

Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are diagrams of the patterns l by which the leathersides and backs are cut for the second, third, and fourth fingers,respectively; and Fig. 7 is a plan of' the front and back of the glove,and the leather sides of the fingers stitched together at one inneredge, and the leather sides for the fingers' stitched to the backs.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the diagram of' the back or woven stuff, or the pattern for thesame, together with which is the wrist-piece B, or the pattern therefor.This pattern for the woven-stuft" back is the same as now used, exceptthe part B. The dotted lines c, Fig. l, show where the leather front andsides ofthe fingers are stitched thereto. C is the diagram or thepattern for or of the leather front, which is the same as the ordinaryform, except the part D, which forms the leather side f'or the inside ofthe forefinger, partially covering the back of the saine, as shown at E,Fig. 7. The part F becomes the front side of the said forefinger, asclearly seen in Fig. 7, and is stitched to the part A at the line a',Fig. l.

G, Fig. 4, is a diagram or the pattern for `the piece which becomes thesides and back part of the second finger. H, Fig. 5, is the same for thethird finger, and I, Fig. 6, the same for the fourth linger, and extendsalong the side to the wrist at I', Fig. 7. K, Fig. 3, represents adiagram of the pattern for the thumb.

The improvement iu these leather parts for the sides and backs of thefingers, by which they differ from the common arrangement, is in theconnection of' the parts for the two sides by the curved ends L, whichlap back over the ends or tips, so as to be stitched to the backs at adistance f'rom the ends, and on the curved lines b, whereas in thecommon arrangement the sides are made in two parts and join at the tips,the lines d of the stitching converging thereat. In this way I provide amore g simple arrangement for stitching the said parts to the back, alsoa much more durable arrangement, for the wear to which the ends of thefingers are exposed is not so disastrous when made in this Way, for inthe old way the stitches are exposed more, and also the cloth extendingdown the point.

The dotted lines S, Fig. I, show how th pattern A B may be reversed onthe material to be cut in a way to econoinize the same, the part, B, forthe wrist being cut olf at the ends of the fingers, so that the twoparts vso formed, by reversing the pattern, represent a rect-angularform.

After the part B of the back is stitched to the front on the line T,Fig. 7, I cut it transversely, together with the front woven material,as shown at to make the opening at 3. The combination, With the piece Cfor the leather front, of the part D, substantially as specified.

The above specification of my invention signed by me this 29th day ofDecember, 1869.

AJOHN L. WHITTEN.

Witnesses:

GEO. W. MABEE, ALEX. F. ROBERTS.

